http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-12-02T06:20:58-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/price_revealed_in_toccoa.html 2008-07-10T16:33:00-05:00 2008-07-10T16:33:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Media General took the penultimate step in its portfolio pruning program designed to bring home between $100M-$105M in cash. The sale of WNEG-TV Toccoa GA http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/new_vision_peeks_at_topeka.html 2008-07-07T17:18:00-05:00 2008-07-07T17:18:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Jason Elkin’s New Vision Television is adding to its portfolio in Kansas, where it already has a state-wide network of NBC outlets. It now has http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/nevada_tv_moving_to_new_owner.html 2008-07-06T11:43:00-05:00 2008-07-06T11:43:00-05:00 Dave Seyler When you think of television markets in Nevada, you have to think of Las Vegas and Reno. KVNV-TV Ely is just about equidistant from both, http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/price_revealed_in_texas_tv_transfer.html 2008-07-02T17:09:00-05:00 2008-07-02T17:09:00-05:00 Dave Seyler There’s more than full-power television involved in London Broadcasting’s acquisition of the Drewry Communications broadcast group. The four-market deal includes numerous translators and LPTVs, and http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/journal_adds_to_boise_operation.html 2008-07-01T20:48:00-05:00 2008-07-01T20:48:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Journal Broadcast Group has a deal to buy KNIN-TV (CW, analog 9/DTV 10) to add to its already sizeable radio and TV cluster in Boise, http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/london_bursts_out_of_tyler-longview.html 2008-07-01T12:07:00-05:00 2008-07-01T12:07:00-05:00 Dave Seyler One of newest media groups in the state of Texas has plans to expand – big time. Terry London’s London Broadcasting Company is picking up http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/trinity_adds_columbus.html 2008-06-27T17:37:00-05:00 2008-06-27T17:37:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Paul Crouch’s Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, which operates the Trinity Broadcasting Network, is expanding into the Columbus, OH market. It has a deal http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/equity_sells_rtn_but_may_buy_it_back.html 2008-06-26T18:15:00-05:00 2008-06-26T18:15:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Cash-strapped Equity Media Holdings has cut a deal to sell Retro Television Network for $18.5 million to a group headed by Henry Luken, Equity’s largest http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/louisiana_station_brings_10m.html 2008-06-25T18:30:00-05:00 2008-06-25T18:30:00-05:00 Jack Messmer KAQY-TV Columbia, LA is a relatively young station, having signed on in 1998 to bring the ABC network back into the Monroe, LA market. Now http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/media_general_finds_buyer_for_soon-to-be_ex-cbs_station.html 2008-06-25T14:25:00-05:00 2008-06-25T14:25:00-05:00 Jack Messmer WNEG-TV Toccoa, GA was a bit of a tough sell, since Media General was out to sell the station without a key asset – its http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/8299.html 2008-06-24T18:19:00-05:00 2008-06-24T18:19:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Sinclair Broadcast Group announced a deal to buy WTVR-TV (CBS) Richmond from Raycom Media for $85 million. At the same time, Sinclair will sell its http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/microsoft_acquisition_eyes_tv_biz.html 2008-06-18T15:22:00-05:00 2008-06-18T15:22:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Ad placement is growing by leaps and bounds as advertisers look to combat time shifting and commercial skipping, and Microsoft hopes to be a player http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/fcc_clears_fox_to_foxco_tv_deal.html 2008-06-09T17:53:00-05:00 2008-06-09T17:53:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The $1.119B arrangement between News Corporation’s Fox Televisions and Foxco Acquisition, the licensee name in front of party of interest Local TV LLC and in http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7904.html 2008-06-04T18:01:00-05:00 2008-06-04T18:01:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Smart Media Group and the Mark Kennedy ’06 Campaign have failed to block the $60M sale of KALB-TV Alexandria LA (NBC) and WMBB-TV Panama City http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7847.html 2008-06-02T17:25:00-05:00 2008-06-02T17:25:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Journal Broadcast Group’s plan to acquire a second television station in the Tucson market has received the FCC’s blessings. The pairing was unopposed but still http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7670.html 2008-05-21T17:56:00-05:00 2008-05-21T17:56:00-05:00 Dave Seyler You’ve heard of renting to buy? In this case, Newport Television is selling to rent. James H. Martin has formed High Plains Broadcasting, which will http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7572.html 2008-05-16T17:41:00-05:00 2008-05-16T17:41:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Richard French’s WRNN-TV Associates has been cleared by the FCC to acquire WTVE-TV Reading PA out of Chapter 11 for $13.5M, over a pair of http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7536.html 2008-05-15T17:57:00-05:00 2008-05-15T17:57:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Morris Multimedia has a new market to call its largest, and Media General’s television portfolio is one station lighter. The acquisition of WTVQ-TV by Morris http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7523.html 2008-05-14T18:25:00-05:00 2008-05-14T18:25:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The argument that consolidated television is better than no television has prevailed in the small Clarksburg-Weston WV DMA, where Wither Broadcasting has closed on its http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7502.html 2008-05-13T17:46:00-05:00 2008-05-13T17:46:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The transaction sending KCOY-TV/KKFX-CA in Santa Barbara/Santa Maria CA and KION-TV/KMUV-LP Monterey-Salinas from Newport Television to multimedia Cowles Company has made it to the finish